Long-service 2025: UFV shines a spotlight on decades of dedication

This year’s 30-year employees: Greg St. Hilaire, Jennifer Ryan, Paula Brennan, and Steve Marsh (who recently retired).

More than 100 employees who have been at UFV for a decade or more were recognized and celebrated on May 20 at the Service Recognition Dinner at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Centre. In addition, six recently retired faculty members received the professor emeritus designation. President Joanne MacLean congratulated the long-service award recipients and said that this annual celebration is one of her favourite events to attend.

“I’ve been sitting back with a front-row seat, soaking up the amazing contributions of our UFV employees: 10 and 15 years — that is wonderful, long service,” Joanne said. “But 20, 25, and 30 years! I can feel the connection that you share, the care with which you engage in your work, and I want you to know how much it matters to accomplishing our mission: to engaging learners, to transforming lives, to building communities!

“Each of you — and our most distinguished professors, those who were awarded the professor emeritus designation tonight, have made UFV into the institution it is today: a thriving place of learning, a work environment where people matter, a place of access to education for everyone across the Fraser Valley and beyond. A place of excellence, a place of knowledge creation, a place of inclusion. A House of Transformation! I thank you for your dedication to our university, to each other, and to our students.”

Congratulations to all and thank you for decades of dedication and service.

Photo album from the event

Long-service employees

Professor emeritus designation

Grace Tsurumaru

Jill Bain

Satwinder Bains

Cyrus Chaichian

Jeffry Morgan

Barbara Salingre

30 years

Paula Brennan

Cherie Enns

Steven Marsh

Stephen Piper

Jennifer Ryan

Greg St. Hilaire

25 years

Suzann Beattie

Eileen Burkholder

Rhonda Colwell

Timothy Haner

Akhtar Malik

Shawn Millar

Rona Miller

Lisa Moy

Gerald Palmer

Boris Rapoport

Cindy Rammage

Richard Simon

Kim Striebel

Sven Van de Wetering

Bryan Wilkinson

20 years

Nicole Adams

Ian Affleck

Colleen Bell

Lorraine Bingert

Mark Breedveld

Peter Clayton

Kim Daley

Karin De Beer

Shelley Dickie

Robin Endelman

David Fenske

Paula Funk

Sanja Garic-Komnenic

Jenny Hamilton

Renee Hamilton-Clark

Claire Hay

Aleksandra Idzior

Alida Janmaat

Debbie Jobb

Amber Johnston

Brian Justin

Lisa Kouwenhoven

Annette Moore

Janice Nagtegaal

Carl Peters

Hong Qiao

Scott Sheffield

Paula Stubbings

Joe Sunami

Michael Trump

Scott Van Ek

Simon Xi

15 years

Marlene Affleck

Cory Beshara

Nathan Bialas

Chuck Charles

Laurie Coreau

Diane Cruickshank

Rajnish Dhawan

Kerry Friesen

Lisa Gibson

Gary Kwan

Michelle LaFlamme

Zina Lee

Kurtis Leguerrier

Anthony Lepki

Delinah Marples

Heather McAlpine

Lisa McMartin

Linda Miller

Tia Noble

Bassam Nyaeme

Ruby Ord

Shawn Peters

Treena Peters

Brenda Philip

Brooke Seal

Michael Solyom

Alicia Spidel

Kristen Switzer

Jamie Ubell

Monika Vondras

10 years

Rita Atake

Courtney Boisvert

Maggi Davis

Brock Hartman

Heather Herrera

Tiina Higgins

Ruth Hodgins

Bethany Jeal

Amber Johnson

Melanie Jones

Spenser Julseth-White

Karen Klenk

Kyung Jae Lee

Sha Lao

Elisabeth MacDonald-Murray

Mohammadreza Mallakzadeh

Lori McHattie

Victor Mills

Tracy Morrison

Theresa Mulder

Renee Prasad

Alan Reid

Sean Rigter

Ashley Ryon

Kiran Sidhu

Shaun Zheng Sun

Russ Thompson

Kelly Tracey

Andrea Van Schubert

Amara Wong

Kristi Wood